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AJC San Francisco Diplomacy at 75 Commemorative Program Diplomacyat75 CELEBRATING THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND AJC SAN FRANCISCO VIRTUAL HANUKKAH GALA Monday, December 14, 2020, 6:00—7:00 PM PRESENTING THE LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS AWARD TO THE HONORABLE THE HONORABLE DIANNE FEINSTEIN TAD TAUBE Senator (CA) Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland From all of us at AJC San Francisco Happy Hanukkah DIPLOMACY AT 75 GALA COMMITTEE HONORARY GALA CO-CHAIRS ROSELYNE CHROMAN SWIG & THE HONORABLE WILLIE L. BROWN, JR. GALA CO-CHAIRS BOB TANDLER & JEFF FARBER HONORARY COMMITTEE CHAIR THE HONORABLE ELENI KOUNALAKIS Lieutenant Governor of California HOST COMMITTEE CHAIR STEVEN SWIG YOUNG LEADERS CHAIR ADAM SWIG HOST COMMITTEE MEMBERS Taube Family Foundation Susan & Moses Libitzky Koret Foundation Helene & Charles Linker Doris Marx Gilah & Mark Abelson Jacqueline Neuwirth & Anita & Marc Abramowitz Stephen Swire Tracy & Dennis Albers Shana Penn Anne Bakar & Yossi Zadik Nancy & Norman Price Valli Benesch & Bob Tandler Lisa Pritzker Marcella & Stuart Bernstein Joshua Reynolds* Chris & Michael Boskin David Saxe* Julie & Paul Candau Seligman Family Foundation Phyllis & David Cook Dana & Gary Shapiro Mervyn Denker Jill Silverman & William Guertin Mark Donig* Marian & Abraham Sofaer Barbara & Jeff Farber Joelle Steefel Sandra & Dan Feldman Lisa Tabak Amy & Morton Friedkin Ari Tandler* Miriam & Gerald Friedkin Jaclyn Tandler* Anita Friedman & Michelle Tandler* Igor Tartakovsky Aaron Tartakovsky* Friend Family Sean Taube* Nate Gellman* Sam Tobis* Linda Gerard & Danny Grossman Hava & Raziel Ungar* Goodman Family Nina Whitney* Supporting Foundation Lauren Wilner & Adam Eilath* Emily Hatas & Jonathan Axelrad Anita & Ronald Wornick Melanie Levy-Hara* *Member of our Young Leaders Committee HONORARY COMMITTEE OF DIPLOMATS Martin Rauchbauer Azamat Abdraimov Consul General of Austria Consul General of Kazakhstan Nasimi Aghayev Sang Soo Yoon Consul General of the Consul General of the Republic of Azerbaijan Republic of Korea Rana Sarkar Remedios Gomez Arnau Consul General of Canada Consul General of Mexico Jaime Francisco Alliende Leiva Thomas E. Horn Consul General of Chile Honorary Consul of Monaco Wang Donghua Dirk Janssen Consul General of the People’s Consul General of Netherlands Republic of China Jo Sletbak Ann Hänni Consul General of Norway Consul General of Estonia Hernando Torres-Fernandez Frederic Jung Consul General of Peru Consul General of France Maria João Lopes-Cardoso Levan Beridze Consul General of Portugal Consul General of Georgia Dana Beldiman Hans-Ulrich Südbeck Honorary Consul of Romania Consul General of Germany Scott Heldfond Socrates Sourvinos Honorary Consul of Rwanda Consul General of Greece Paul Spiegel M. Sylvia Wohlers de Meie Honorary Consul of the Consul General of Guatemala Republic of San Marino Eva E. Voisin Barbro S. Osher Honorary Consul of Hungary Honorary Consul of Sweden Dr. T.V Nagendra Prasad Benedikt Wechsler Consul General of India Consul General of Switzerland Shlomi Kofman Dmytro Kushneruk Consul General of Israel Consul General of Ukraine Lorenzo Ortona Mary-Eve McNerney Consul General of Italy Acting Consul General of Toru Maeda the United Kingdom Consul General of Japan WELCOME Bob Tandler and Jeff Farber Diplomacy at 75 Gala Co-Chairs THREE GENERATIONS OF SAN FRANCISCO HISTORY Roselyne Chroman Swig, Steven Swig, and Adam Swig GREETINGS The Honorable London Breed Mayor of San Francisco LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS AWARD Introduction by Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr. Presented to The Honorable Dianne Feinstein Senator (D-CA) Introduction by The Honorable Piotr Wilczek Ambassador of Poland to the United States Presented to The Honorable Tad Taube Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland DIPLOMACY AT 75 David Harris AJC Chief Executive Officer Edward and Sandra Meyer Office of the CEO GREETINGS FROM BAY AREA DIPLOMATS The Honorable Eleni Kounalakis Lieutenant Governor of California HANUKKAH CANDLE LIGHTING Rabbi Serena Eisenberg Nancy Weil Price AJC Northern California Director AJC San Francisco Board President Rabbi Stephen Pearce Cantor Arik Luck Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco Featuring Members of the Bay Area Diplomatic Corps and Local and International Friends of AJC AJC SAN FRANCISCO AJC SAN FRANCISCO BOARD PAST PRESIDENTS Nancy Weil Price, President Edgar Sinton*, 1945—1949 Jonathan Alden Albert C. Wollenberg*, 1949—1952 Martin Aufhauser Martin Rosenblatt*, 1952—1954 Jonathan Axelrad Samuel Ladar*, 1954—1956 Myra Berkowitz Jefferson Peyser*, 1956—1958 Debra Bogaards Louis Heilbron, 1958—1960 Adam Chase Melvin Swig*, 1960—1962 Reuben Donig John Steinhart*, 1962—1963 Vivienne Donig Albert C. Wollenberg*, 1963—1964 Susan Epstein Robert Sinton*, 1964—1966 William Epstein Reynold Colvin*, 1966—1968 Anita Feinstein Edward Branstein*, 1968—1970 Flor Feldman Richard Goldman*, 1970—1972 Samuel Fishman Edith Coliver*, 1972—1974 Ruth Glick Paul Vapnek*, 1974—1976 Jonathan Graf Reynold Colvin*, 1976—1978 Justin Hefter Donald Tayer*, 1978—1981 Milton Jacobs George Foos*, 1981—1984 Harold Kirsch Joseph Durra*, 1984—1987 Mark Klebanov Steven Swig, 1987—1990 Steven Kornetsky Richard Sideman**, 1990—1994 Melanie Levy-Hara Richard Jaeger*, 1994—1997 Helene Linker Nathaniel Schmelzer, 1997—2000 Anat Pilovsky Susan Osher Epstein, 2000—2003 Randy Sue Pollock Richard Johns, 2003—2005 Norman Price Steven Kornetsky, 2005—2007 Arthur Roth Mark Bostick, 2007—2009 Samuel Salkin William Epstein, 2009—2012 Nathaniel Schmelzer Nancy Weil Price, 2012—2015 Lynn Sedway Jonathan Graf, 2015—2018 Arthur Shartsis Richard Sideman Bob Tandler *z”l - of blessed memory **AJC National Board President Gunda Trepp 2007—2010 Irvin Ungar Lawrence Wanetick Daniel Weiner Martin Weiner Nina Whitney Haim Zaltzman AJC MISSION & VALUES AJC works to enhance the well-being of the Jewish people and to advance human rights and democratic values for all. AJC pursues this mission by building global partnerships with political and religious leaders across all nations and faiths, legislative advocacy, and media outreach. Its global infrastructure, peerless level of credibility, and unrivaled level of access give AJC a unique opportunity to impact opinion and policy at the highest levels. AJC maintains diplomatic relations with 114 countries, including many in the Arab and larger Muslim world, and more than 100 leading ethnic and religious groups internationally. AJC’s 24 U.S. offices and 12 international posts—in key diplomatic hubs like Paris, Jerusalem, Brussels, and Berlin— ensure that AJC’s voice is heard everywhere. AJC’s non-stop advocacy efforts are augmented by the Transatlantic Institute; Asia Pacific Institute; Africa Institute; Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs; and Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights. AJC MISSION & VALUES Civil rights are not easily attained, and once attained they are easily lost. The preservation and extension of civil rights will depend in a large measure on such organizations as the American Jewish Committee, which throughout its history has championed the cause of tolerance and in so doing has contributed to strengthening American democracy. Harry S. Truman PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES The American Jewish Committee has been a significant presence at the United Nations from the beginning...By the time my organization was founded, yours had already spent nearly four decades as an advocate for Jewish civil rights and for human dignity in the broadest sense. Kofi Annan SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Inclusion of a human rights provision in the UN Charter was due to the brilliant leadership of the American Jewish Committee. James T. Shotwell PROFESSOR, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WE WISH TO THANK OUR TRIBUTE COMMITTEE Diplomat Sandra & Dan Feldman Doris Marx Advocate Valli Benesch & Bob Tandler Susan & Moses Libitzky Anita & Ronald Wornick Emissary Gilah & Mark Abelson Goodman Family Anita & Marc Abramowitz Supporting Foundation Anne Bakar & Yossi Zadik Nicole & Robert Keller Marcella & Stuart Bernstein Helene & Charles Linker Julie & Paul Candau Alexandra & David Lyon Phyllis & David Cook Jacqueline Neuwirth & Amy & Mort Friedkin Stephen Swire Anita Friedman & Nancy & Norman Price Igor Tartakovsky Jill K Silverman & Friend Family William N Guertin Miriam & Abe Sofaer WE WISH TO THANK OUR TRIBUTE COMMITTEE Activist Miriam & Gerald Friedkin Dana & Gary Shapiro Partner Tracy & Dennis Albers Lisa Pritzker Robbie Cohn Joelle Steefel Rabbi Jill Perlman, Carol & Norman Traeger Temple Isaiah Carol Weitz AJC San Francisco Staff Rabbi Serena Eisenberg Special thanks to Max Harris Northern California Director AJC Goldman Fellow Kim Bistrong Development Director Eran Hazary Associate Director Jackie Siegel Senior Associate WHO WE ARE AJC is the premier global Jewish advocacy organization. Our unparalleled access to government officials, religious leaders, and other decision-makers positions us to impact policy and opinion on the issues that matter most. WHAT WE DO High-level Legislative Coalition- Strategic diplomacy with advocacy that building with communications key decision- bolsters our ethnic and to amplify our makers global agenda religious groups advocacy IT’S UP TO US. This is a defining moment. It’s up to us to fight rising antisemitism and hate, to take on those who challenge Israel’s legitimacy as a nation, and to safeguard our democratic values. AJC is leading the way. Join us. If we don’t act, who will? AJC.org /AJCGlobal @AJCGlobal.
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